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Parker Zaicko - (𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚊 𝚉𝚊𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚘)

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Pet. Miss DMA 26’ | JUMP VIP | NYCDA OD
NUVO BOA | 24/7 NSD | RADIX Protege
YAGP Finalist | WILDicon | SVG IDXicon
NTL Mini Elite Reveler 24’

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My first YAGP of the season & my final time competing “Solitude.”

I’ve loved growing with this piece over the past season & I was honored to be awarded 1st place in the contemporary division.

Thank you @yagp I can’t wait to be back in a few weeks! ✨

#yagp #contemporary #dancersofinstagram #fierceandfree #dancelife @centrepointeperformingarts by @parkerzaicko

Trying my best @kelsned ✨🤗

Focused, ready, and giving it everything I’ve got 🖤

@centrepointeperformingarts @heatherallredphotography

#dancersofinstagram #dancephotography #dancelife #fierceandfree
@wearetigrnation @tigerfriday by @parkerzaicko

Stop skipping handstand walking. 🖐️

That’s the case @drewdances makes in this week’s episode, and once you hear his reasoning, you won’t look at it as a “someday” skill again.

Drew calls handstand walking his favorite acro skill, and not because it looks impressive. Because it tells him everything about a dancer’s strength, alignment, and control the second he sees them attempt it.

Here’s what studio owners and teachers walk away with:

→ Why he starts handstand walking on day one, not after a dancer already has a solid handstand (a plank or a downward dog is enough to begin)
 → His go-to progressions: wall walks, wheelbarrows, the hand-squeeze cue that gets dancers to actually engage their adductors and stack their hips
 → How he builds it into class culture with record-keeping and studio-wide challenges, so it’s not just your one strong kid who gets good at it
 → Why he treats it like ballet walks across the floor: a fundamental, not a bonus

“There’s beauty in the growth. Every flower blooms at a different time, but you actually have to start planting the seed to grow the garden, or it’s never going to happen.”

If your acro classes have been saving handstand walking for the “advanced” kids, this episode will change how you sequence every level.

🎧 Our newest episode just dropped, fresh off the mic. Listen now, link in bio.

Know a teacher who needs to hear this one? Tag them below or send it their way. by @parkerzaicko

The side-stage shots at @yagp are always my favorite. ✨

Can’t wait to be back on this stage in a couple of months!

@centrepointeperformingarts #yagp #contemporary #fierceandfree #dancersofinstagram #strong by @parkerzaicko

Nothing like a @giannamartello combo to kick off my WILD Icon season✨ This is MY kind of Sunday! 💙 @wilddanceintensive

@centrepointeperformingarts #fierceandfree #icon #danceconvention #lyrical #dancersofinstagram @tigerfriday @wearetigrnation @danceone by @parkerzaicko

It’s almost convention time again! Before my first one of the new season, I’m finally recapping my past convention season ✨

JUMP — 3rd Overall & Mini VIP Winner
NUVO — 2nd Overall & BOA Winner
24/7 — 1st Overall & NSD Winner
RADIX — 1st Overall & Protégé Winner
Savage IDX — 1st Overall & Industry Icon Winner
Titans — Force Member | WILD — Junior Icon Winner
NYCDA — Regional Mini OD Winner & National Top 10 & Top 25 OD

What a season! I can’t wait to get back in the convention room ✨

@centrepointeperformingarts #fierceandfree #dancersoﬁnstagram #conventiondance #letsgo #soproud

NUVO — 2nd Overall & BOA Winner ✨

@nuvodanceconvention

24/7 — 1st Overall & NSD Winner ✨

@24sevendance

RADIX — 1st Overall & Protégé Winner ✨

@radixdance

Savage IDX — 1st Overall & Industry Icon Winner ✨

@savageidxtour

Titans — Force Member ✨ WILD — Junior Icon Winner ✨

@wilddanceintensive @titansofdance

NYCDA — Regional Mini OD Winner & National Top 10 ✨

@nycda by @parkerzaicko

Taking it back to one of my favorite combos from this summer at @dmanational Nationals with @jordanlombardi ❤️

Concert contemporary was definitely a favorite. Already counting down until I’m back in the convention room doing what I love! ✨

@centrepointeperformingarts @tigerfriday @wearetigrnation #dancersofinstagram #fierceandfree #dancelife #tfscout26 #contemporarydance by @parkerzaicko

Next chapter: en pointe 🧑‍🩰
In love with this dance life ✨

@centrepointeperformingarts @heatherallredphotography @tigerfriday @wearetigrnation #fierceandfree #pointe #dancephotography #dancersofinstagram #dancelife by @parkerzaicko

Reflecting on my last YAGP as I get ready for the next one !

A snowstorm may have turned our awards ceremony virtual, but I’ll never forget finding out I placed 2nd in Classical and 3rd in Contemporary!

So honored and grateful for the scholarships I received and everything I took away from that weekend.

Getting so excited to do it all again. See you soon, YAGP! 🩰

@yagp #dancersofinstagram #fierceandfree #ballet #yagp @tigerfriday @wearetigrnation @centrepointeperformingarts #tfscout26 by @parkerzaicko

Had the best Labor Day with the fam 💙& so excited to get some of our pics back from Ambassador Weekend today! @ally_day_photography

#dancephotography #fierceandfree @tigerfriday @wearetigrnation @centrepointeperformingarts #tigrnation #tfscout26 #labordayweekend by @parkerzaicko

Ballet, convention weekends, and being back on the floor. It’s getting close and I’m so ready ✨

@tigerfriday @nuvodanceconvention @wearetigrnation @centrepointeperformingarts #fierceandfree #dancersofinstagram #ballet #tfscout26 #dancelife by @parkerzaicko

Musical theater with @krisgorski327 @nuvodanceconvention

Such a fun class & loved every minute of it. Can’t wait to be back this season! ✨

#tfscout26 #fierceandfree #dancersofinstagram #musicaltheater #conventiondance @wearetigrnation @tigerfriday @centrepointeperformingarts by @parkerzaicko